The man is a fool.

[i-need-a-martini]

'nuff said really.

[debra9275]

So Putin has already left?

Just listening to Tone waffling on now, if he did not repeat himself so much, he may give the impression one day that he actually knows what he's talking about.

[2106greencat]

Re: The man is a fool.

More specific - open arena, what Man isn't a fool ??

[Anonymous]

I don't think the Koreans shake hands do they? Don't they just bow their head to greet people?

lol i dont think that applies to presidents

i think thats bill gates on the first pic.  hand in his pocket -

now that's disrespectful.

[cherry*135]

South Korea

Greetings

1. DO shake hands upon meeting. A bow is also a traditional South Korean greeting. The person of lower status bows to the person of higher status, however the person of higher status will initiate a handshake.

[Anonymous]

Tone has the guinness record for the longest hand shake.

if that's what he is going for, not even close lol

current record stands at 33 + hours.  how long did

his go for?  do you know?  longer than 10 seconds?

those presidential handshakes are always

awkward lol.  they need to be prolonged for

the photos.

here is an interesting analysis of one such

handshake at another G20 meeting

[Anonymous]

So Putin has already left?

do you blame him?

Al Jazeera's Andrew Thomas, reporting from Brisbane, said Putin was "isolated" at lunch on day one of the G20 summit on Saturday, "all but ignored by other world leaders".

Mr Putin has cut a lonely figure at the G20 summit, despised by protesters rallying against him and holed-up with leaders wanting to punish him.

President Obama and other Western leaders gave Russian leader Vladimir Putin an earful at the G20 summit in Brisbane, Australia, today.

Obama said the United States is on the forefront of "opposing Russia's aggression against Ukraine," and referenced the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine — a move widely blamed on pro-Russia separatists armed with surface-to-air missiles provided by Moscow.

Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper was even blunter than Obama: According to a spokesman for Harper, the leader told Putin at the summit: "I guess I'll shake your hand but I have only one thing to say to you: you need to get out of Ukraine."

The BBC reports that British Prime Minister David Cameron said before the summit that there would be "a very different relationship" between Europe and Russia if "we continue to see Russian troops" inside Ukraine, adding that there was "the potential for further sanctions."

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/g20-brisbane-vladimir-putin-gets-frosty-reception-at-summit/sto...

you have to feel for the man 😞

Russian President Vladimir Putin is ignored as he walks past other world leaders at the G20 welcoming.

Protesters in Brisbane for the G20 remember victims of MH17 disaster.

[cherry*135]

Awkward

[cherry*135]

So Putin has already left?

Yes, he has a long flight home to Russia and he was tired and wanted to get some sleep. (No, I didn;t just make that up, it was in the news)

do you blame him?

Do you blame the others for not wanting to be his bestie?... Ukraine situation, MH17 (Tony Abbott says the plane was brought down with Russian supplied surface to air missile).

[Anonymous]

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@am*3 wrote:

Awkward

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i know!!!  whats with the chain handshakes at these

meetings??  must be a tradition.

[myoclon1cjerk]

The handshake goes back to the masons.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddM7kJ9xQfA&feature=youtube_gdata_player